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sed⋅i⋅ment

  [n. sed-uh-muhnt; v. sed-uh-ment]
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–noun
1. the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs.
2. Geology. mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.
–verb (used with object)
3. to deposit as sediment.
–verb (used without object)
4. to form or deposit sediment.
Origin:
1540–50; < L sedimentum, equiv. to sedi- (comb. form of sedēre to sit 1 , settle) + -mentum -ment

Related forms:
sed⋅i⋅men⋅tous, adjective
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sed·i·ment   (sěd'ə-mənt)   
n.  

  1. Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees.

  2. Solid fragments of inorganic or organic material that come from the weathering of rock and are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice.


[Latin sedimentum, act of settling, from sedēre, to sit, settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

sediment 
1547, from Fr. sédiment (16c.), from L. sedimentum "a settling, sinking down," from stem of sedere "to settle, sit" (see sedentary). As a type of rock, sedimentary is first recorded 1830 (in Lyell); sedimentation is from 1874.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1sed·i·ment
Pronunciation: 'sed-&-m&nt
Function: noun
: the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid

Main Entry: 2sed·i·ment
Pronunciation: -"ment
Function: transitive verb
: to deposit as sediment sedimented by centrifugation> sediment intransitive senses
1 : to settle to the bottom in a liquid sediment for 30minutes>
2 : to deposit sediment
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Medical Dictionary

sediment sed·i·ment (sěd'ə-mənt)
n.
Insoluble material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid, as in hypostasis.

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Science Dictionary
sediment   (sěd'ə-mənt)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Geology Solid fragmented material, such as silt, sand, gravel, chemical precipitates, and fossil fragments, that is transported and deposited by water, ice, or wind or that accumulates through chemical precipitation or secretion by organisms, and that forms layers on the Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks consist of consolidated sediment.

  2. Chemistry

  3. Particles of solid matter that settle out of a suspension to the bottom of the liquid.


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